On 27 April, the Commission proposed a package of five different measures to facilitate legal migration to the EU from non-EU countries. Although the individual measures are useful, they will do little on their own to create more immigration opportunities because access to the EU labour market is controlled by member states.
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Matthias LÜCKE
Matthias Luecke is a senior researcher at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy and an adjunct professor at Kiel University
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